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HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES,  February  23,  1863. 

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[By  Mr.  Foote.] 


REPORT  OF  SPECIAL  COMMITTEE 


ON 


FALL    OF    FORT    DOXELSON,    ETC. 

Mr.  Foote,  from  the  special  committee  heretofore  appointed  to 
investigate  the  facts  connected  with  the  fall  of  Forts  Donelson  and 
Henry,  and  the  surrender  of  the  city  of  Nashville  into  the  hands  of 
the  enemy,  to  which  committee  was  also  referred  the  cise  of  Major 
V.  K.  Stevenson,  quartermaster,  <^c,  stated,  that,  since  this  committee 
heretofore  reported  upon  the  matters  originally  referred  to  them, 
they  have  had  the  case  of  quartermaster  Stevenson  under  considera- 
tion, and  especially  the  accounts  of  that  oiScer  with  the  government ; 
that  they  have  not  "had  it  in  their  power  to  examine  the  numerous 
vouchers  appertaining  to  the  accounts  of  Major  Stevenson,  which 
are  on  file  in  the  proper  department,  but  that,  through  their  chairman, 
they  have  held  a  .special  correspondence  on  this  subject  with  the 
Quartermaster  General,  which  correspondence  is  herewith  presented; 
upon  the  basis  of  which  they  beg  leave  to  say  that  it  seems  to  them 
that  they  might  well  he  discharged  from  the  further  investigation  of 
this  affair,  and  they  do,  therefore,  ask  to  be  discharged  accordingly. 


LETTER  FROM  HON.   H.  S.  FOOTE. 


Confederate  States  or  America, 

Quarter  master  General's  Office, 
Richmond,  Feb.  21,  1863. 
General  A.  C.  Myers, 

Quartermaster  General,  #c,  $c.  : 

Sir  :  As  chairman  of  the  special  committee  of  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives, appointed  for  the  purpose  among  other  things,  of  scruti- 
nizing certain  charges  preferred  against  Major  V.  K.  Stevenson, 
quartermaster,  &c,  and  ascertaining  the  condition  of  his  accounts 
with  the  government,  I  have  the  honor  to  request  that  you  will,  so  far 
as  you  are  able  to  ro,  cause  us  to  be  furnished  with  such  information 
on  the  latter  subject  as  may  enable  us  to  make  a  final  report  in  his 
case. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  sir, 

Your  obedient  servant, 
(Signed,)  H.  S.  FOOTE, 

N  Chairman,  4*c 


LETTER  FROM  A  C.  MYERS,  QUARTERMASTER  GENERAL. 


Confederate  States  of  America,  } 
Quartermaster  General's  Office,        \ 
Richmond,  Feb.  21,  1863.      ) 
Hon.  II.  S.  Foote: 

Sir  :  I  have  the  honor  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  note,  as 
Chairman  of  the  Special  Committee  of  the  House  of  Repesentatives 
to  investigate  certain  charges  preferred  against  Major  V.  K.  Stevenson, 
quartermaster,  as  also  the  condition  of  his  accounts  with  the  govern- 
ment, &c,  &c,  and  in  reply  to  state,  that  the  books  of  this  office 
show  that  Major  Stevenson  has  accounted  for  all  the  funds  placed  in 
his  hands  by  requisition  or  transfer.  The  final  statement  showed  him 
indebted  to  the  government  one  dollar  and  five  cents,  being  an  error 
in  his  accounts.  On  the  20th  August,  a  supplemental  account  for 
the  third  quarter,  1862,  was  received,  in  which  he  accounts  for. one 
hundred  and  fifty  dollars  and  ninety-one  cents  taken  up  by  him  as  dis- 
allowances, reported  by  second  auditor  in  settlement  of  his  returns. 
No  funds  have  been  furnished  him  for  disbursement  since  the  end  of 
third  quarter,  1862. 

Very  respectfully,  vours,  &c, 

A.  C.  MYERS, 
Quartermaster  General* 


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